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المُعَلِّى

Root: علو

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المُعَلِّى : see 2.
2 Also He who comes to the milch beast [meaning the she-camel, when she is to be milked,] from the direction of her left side: or the she-camel has two milkers; one of them holds the milking-vessel on the right side, and the other milks on the left side; and the milker [thus standing on the left side] is called المُعْلِّى and ; and the holder, البَائِنُ: thus in the M: or is he who stands on the left side of the milch beast: or he who takes the milking-vessel with his left hand and milks with his right hand: or he who milks from the left side.
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